Great garlic, bbq! It's probably good that all of your garlic does not have to be pulled at the same time!
I used to grow my tomatillos from volunteers, because they produce so many! I must have weed-wacked over 50 of them all over out there this year! However, it seems that I never get any volunteer pepper plants, probably because I never drop any! lol
Years ago, a friend had a volunteer tomato plant pop up next to his front porch, so he left it there. Eventually, he had a 4' high plant, covered with blossoms...but never a single tomato! Must have been a sterile hybrid.
My parents used to live at the bottom of a hill. Every time it rained the water would rush down everyones backyard ( basically forming an instant river with a current). My parents backyard would be filled with crap from everyone else backyard that floated away ( lawn chairs, kids toys ...). The river would ultimately cross through his garden, make it around the house, and over a brick wall that lined the neighbors driveway, creating a water fall ( and probably flooding their garage too).
Anyway, my dad planted tomatillos one year. They did rather well fruited quite a bit, to the point where there were so many, that a lot of them dropped. The following year, my dad had dozens of volunteer tomatillo plants on the other side of the garden, cause the current had taken and replanted all the dropped seeds. He never had to buy/ pant another tomatillo again. they turned into a perrenial type plant , always reseeding themselves.
I have a similar issue with ground cherries , husk cherries ... Very similar to tomatillos, I haven't planted them in years but there are always a few that kinda pop up in various locations in my yard. Probably thanks to the birds doing their thing.
As far as tomatoes go, for years we had a volunteer cherry tomato plant near our front door. My wife loves tomatoes, and often raids the garden when Im not home. I have to warn her what we're having for dinner for the week, so she doesn't gobble up all the veggies I plan on using. Anyway, I left these plants cause it would keep her out of the main garden. they did rather well, but were sloppy, as I didn't cage or stake them up. This year was the first year they didn't come back, She was so upset.
And speaking of my wife in the garden, One year she wanted to help, so I said sure, you can help weed. I showed here what the okra plants looked like and said, pul everything else that is green our of this area , except all the plants that look like this ( the okra plants). She must have been day dreaming, or maybe never wanted to weed again, cause she literally 'weeded' every okra plant out of the garden, and left al the weeds . To her defense , the okra plants were only 3 or 4 inches high ( not like a couple of feet), but I couldn't have been anymore thorough on showing her the difference. She is no longer allowed to help in the garden.
), but that artichoke is so cute! Yes, I'm calling your veggie "cute".
